Przemysl Chemiczny, Vol.98, No.7, 1148-1152, 2019
Kinetics of lauric acid esterification with n-hexanol, n-octanol and n-decanol in the presence of molybdenophosphoric acid as a catalyst
Lauric acid was esterified with n-hexanol, n-octanol and n-decanol at 393-413 K and molar (alc.:acid) ratios between 3:1 and 10:1 in presence of the H3PMo12O40 catalyst (0.39% by mass) to study the reaction kinetics. The reactions were of 2nd order and their activation energy decreased from 69 down to 59 kJ/mol in the alc. series: n-hexanol > n-octanol > n-decanol.